The World : Prisoners Riot in Ulster

Prisoners in Northern Ireland’s main guerrilla prison wrecked their cells in a rampage provoked by a guards’ strike, officials in the British-ruled province said. Guards at the top security Maze prison refused to work after one of them was disciplined for sleeping at his post, prison officials said. Trouble flared when the inmates were confined to their cells, missed breakfast and had all their visits and deliveries of food parcels abruptly canceled. The situation was later brought under control, prison officials said. The Maze, about 15 miles west of Belfast, contains the hard core of Protestant and Irish Republican Army gunmen who have been in the front lines during 16 years of sectarian violence.